Ratio Definition

rāshō, rāshē-ō
ratios
noun
ratios
A fixed relation in degree, number, etc. between two similar things; proportion.
A ratio of two boys to three girls.
Webster's New World
The relative value of gold and silver in a currency system based on both.
Webster's New World
The quotient of one quantity divided by another of the same kind, usually expressed as a fraction.
Webster's New World
A number representing a comparison between two things.
Wiktionary
(law) Short for ratio decidendi.
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Other Word Forms of Ratio

Noun

Singular:
ratio
Plural:
ratios

Origin of Ratio

  • Latin ratiō calculation from ratus past participle of rērī to reckon, consider ar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin ratio.

    From Wiktionary

Ratio Sentence Examples

  • The ratio of criminal proceedings to population is, as a rule, much higher in the south than in the north.

  • This equation does not give us the value of the unknown factor but gives us a ratio between two unknowns.

  • In the election of 1896 all the parties in the state declared in favour of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.

  • The ratio "weight to volume" is the absolute density.

  • In the latter he advocated the unlimited coinage of silver, irrespective of international agreement, at a ratio of 16 to 1, a policy with which his name was afterwards most prominently associated.

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Words Starting With

RRARAT

Words Ending With

OIOTIO

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Words Starting With R and Ending With O

Starts With R & Ends With OStarts With RA & Ends With OStarts With R & Ends With IO

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With R5 Letter Words Ending With O